delicate vs dainty

delicate is not a noun while dainty is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
delicate	No	Yes	No	No
dainty	Yes	Yes	No	No

delicate (noun)	dainty (noun)
	something considered choice to eat

delicate (adjective)	dainty (adjective)
exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury	delicately beautiful
easily broken or damaged or destroyed	excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
difficult to handle; requiring great tact	especially pleasing to the taste
developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
easily hurt